14.05.2002 Astoria Theatre, London, UK (WWRY premiere afterparty)
The premiere was on 14th May but the afterparty was a few hours later so technically it was maybe 15th May early in the morning :-)
- 01Tie Your Mother Down (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
- 02Guitar Man (Ben Elton on vocals, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
- 03Hammer To Fall slow/fast (Brian May on vocals/guitar, Eric Singer/Roger on drums)
- 04Tutti Frutti (Gary Booker on vocals, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
- 05A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Gary Booker on vocals, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
- 06Rock And Roll (Roger Taylor on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 07With A Little Help From My Friends (all)
- 08All The Way (all)
11.12.2008 London Palladium, London, UK (Royal Variety (80th anniversary))
- 01Defying Gravity (Kerry Ellis on vocals)
20.06.2009 Shaw Theatre, London, UK (Kerry Ellis sings The Great British Songbook)
Brian watched the first part of the set together with his wife Anita and Jim Beach. Then he joined Kerry Ellis for the encore.
- 01Who Wants To Live Forever (Brian on guitar)
- 02Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on guitar)
21.06.2009 Shaw Theatre, London, UK (Kerry Ellis sings The Great British Songbook)
- 01Who Wants To Live Forever (Brian on guitar)
- 02Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on guitar)
25.06.2009 Shaw Theatre, London, UK (Kerry Ellis sings The Great British Songbook)
- 01Who Wants To Live Forever (Brian on guitar)
- 02Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on guitar)
26.06.2009 Shaw Theatre, London, UK (Kerry Ellis sings The Great British Songbook)
- 01Who Wants To Live Forever (Brian on guitar)
- 02Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on guitar)
01.11.2009 Royal Albert Hall, London, UK (Pinktober - Women of rock)
Charity show with Brian playing with a newly formed 4-piece girl group called 'Woman' (Mazz Murray, Kerry Ellis, Gina Murray and Ajay Casey).
- 01I'm A Woman (Brian on guitar)
- 02Tie Your Mother Down (Brian on guitar)
02.05.2010 Royal Albert Hall, London, UK (with Kerry Ellis - Night Of 1000 Voices)
- 01Who Wants To Live Forever (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis and Adam Pascal on vocals)
- 02We Are The Champions (Brian on guitar, Ricardo Alfonso on vocals)
11.09.2010 Hyde Park, London, UK (Proms In The Park)
Rufus Taylor on drums! WWRY was just one verse + chorus, WATC featured a nice guitar intro by Brian.
- 01Dangerland (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02I'm Not That Girl (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 03Anthem (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 04We Will Rock You (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 05We Are The Champions (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
13.11.2010 Royal Albert Hall, London, UK (British Legion Festival of Remembrance)
Kerry Ellis sang 'Anthem' with Brian May on guitar in presence of the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Family, Vera Lynn, armed services and war veterans.
- 01Anthem (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
17.06.2011 The Savoy, London, UK (Born Free Foundation Gala Dinner)
The Born Free Foundation Gala Dinner was held to celebrate the 80th birthday of its founder, Virginia McKenna. Brian May and Kerry Ellis performed a reworked version of the song Born Free, which was reworded for the night by lyricist Don Black who was also present. Brian also played 'Happy Birthday To You' as Virginia took to the stage and thanked everyone for coming.
- 01Born Free (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02Happy Birthday To You (Brian on acoustic guitar and vocals?)
03.07.2011 Goodwood Estate, Goodwood, UK (Festival Of Speed)
The band (with Brian) performed on the back of a truck. There were rumours about a possible appearance of Roger but he didn't turn up.
- 01Introduction (Brian on guitar?)
- 02Driven By You (one verse and chorus - Brian on guitar and vocals)
- 03One Vision (intro only - Brian on guitar)
- 04Don't Stop Me Now (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 05The Chain (part - Brian on guitar)
05.09.2011 The Savoy, London, UK (Freddie For A Day - Freddie's 65th birthday party)
This concert was part of a FM birthday bash held to raise funds for The Mercury Phoenix Trust. As this was unfortunately an event for the "C-lebrities", we don't know much about the performance and there are no audio or video recordings either which is a shame because the setlist was highly interesting! Please note Brian and Roger may not have played in ALL those tracks - this was just my assumption. All I know is that Brian and Roger played in *most* tracks, Spike was on keyboards and Neil Fairclough on bass...
- 01Love Of My Life (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Brian on guitar and vocals, Roger on vocals)
- 03Under Pressure (Brian on guitar, Roger and Patti Russo on vocals)
- 04Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, Matt Lucas on vocals)
- 05Don't Stop Me Now (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, Patti Russo on vocals, David Armand miming)
- 06Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, Ty from Vintage Trouble on vocals, Mike Rutherford on bass)
- 07It's A Hard Life (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, Tom Chaplin on vocals)
- 08Tie Your Mother Down (Brian on guitar, Jeff Beck on guitar, Rufus Taylor on drums, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 09The Show Must Go On (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, Tom Chaplin on vocals)
- 10We Will Rock You (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, WWRY cast on vocals)
25.11.2011 Clapham Grand, London, UK (with SAS Band at the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert)
Brian was an expected guest at this tribute concert; however he also promised to play with Darkness that night so instead of being a guest for the grand finale, he played simply at the very beginning of the concert. Roger was somehow expected too but his mum sadly died a few days before.
- 01No-One But You (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on guitar and vocals)
- 02Somebody To Love (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 03Tie Your Mother Down (Brian on guitar)
16.02.2012 Teatro Ariston, San Remo, Italy (Sanremo festival)
Irene Fornaciari is a daughter of Brian's close friend Zucchero. We Will Rock You was just one verse + chorus and significantly slower than usually.
- 01I (Who Have Nothing) (Kerry Ellis and Irene Fornaciari on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 02We Will Rock You (very slow verse + chorus) (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on guitar)
19.02.2012 Prince of Wales Theatre, London, UK (WhatsOnStage.com Awards)
- 01Defying Gravity (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
24.03.2012 Shamwari Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Filming of the Born Free video)
This song was performed by Brian and Kerry as a surprise for Virginia McKenna during the filming of the 'Born Free' promo video. It is included as a bonus video on 'The Candlelight Concerts - Live At Montreux 2013' DVD and Blu-ray. I'm not quite sure about the date.
- 01Nothing Really Has Changed (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
27.03.2012 Grand Café & Beach, Granger Bay, Cape Town, South Africa (Pride Of Cape Town)
Pride Of Cape Town is a major public arts event that will see a fabulous pride of 50 life-size lion sculptures prowling the V&A Waterfront in the summer of 2013 in aid of international wildlife charity, the Born Free Foundation. A selection of these impressive sculptures was officially unveiled at the exclusive launch party to an audience of 250 lucky guests who were amongst the first to have the opportunity to pledge their support and get involved.
- 01Born Free (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 03I Loved A Butterfly (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
20.04.2012 Colosseum, Watford, UK (Friday Night is Music Night)
The concert was broadcasted live on BBC Radio 2.
- 01Love Of My Life (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02Born Free (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 03Save Me (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
26.05.2012 The Kings Arms, All Cannings, UK (Rock Against Cancer with Kerry Ellis and SAS Band)
The concert was held in a field at the back of the Kings Arms pub and raised tens of thousands of pounds for cancer charities. It was organised by John Callis (a sound engineer who works for Paul McCartney), Brian May and Richard Baulu, landlord of the Kings Arms. The idea came about when John Callis and Andy Scott (guitarist with The Sweet from All Cannings) both underwent treatment for prostate cancer at hospitals in Bristol two years ago. SAS Band was the house band although Spike was absent this time. Brian came on the stage for the finale.
- 01I Loved A Butterfly (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on acoustic guitar)
- 02The Way We Were (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on acoustic guitar)
- 03Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 04Defying Gravity (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 05We Will Rock You (All Star Finale, Brian on guitar)
- 06We Are The Champions (All Star Finale, Brian on guitar)
- 07With A little Help From My Friends (All Star Finale, Brian on guitar)
01.09.2012 Guildford Cathedral, Guildford, UK (Wildlife Rocks)
Brian May was among the performers at Wildlife Rocks, a celebration of wildlife at Guildford Cathedral on September 1, 2012. Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue is a charity that treats, cares for and rehabilitates all types of British Wildlife.
- 01Born Free (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02I Loved A Butterfly (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 03I (Who Have Nothing) (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 04Life Is Real (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 05Puttin' On The Style (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals, Joe Brown on acoustic guitar)
- 06Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
03.09.2012 The Savoy, London, UK (Freddie For A Day - Freddie's 66th birthday party)
This concert was part of a FM birthday bash held to raise funds for The Mercury Phoenix Trust. The setlist is based on several reviews, tweets etc. - we're not 100% sure about it. Roger was present too but I believe he only introduced Madeline Bell before 'I Want To Break Free'. Guest artists included Tom Jones, Alfie Boe, Madeline Bell, Marc Martel, Al Murray, Rhys Thomas, Nancy Dell'Olio or Princess Eugenie.
- 01One Vision (Alfie Boe on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 02Born Free (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on acoustic guitar)
- 03Life is Real (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on acoustic guitar)
- 04Since You've Been Gone (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on acoustic guitar)
- 05Bohemian Rhapsody (WWRY cast on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 06The Show Must Go On (Alfie Boe and WWRY cast on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 07One Night (Tom Jones on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 08We Will Rock You (Alfie Boe, Kerry Ellis and Al Murray on vocals, Brian on guitar)
- 09We Are The Champions (Rachel Tucker and Brenda Edwards on vocals, Brian on guitar)
16.09.2012 Royal Albert Hall, London, UK (The Sunflower Jam)
- 01Born Free (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02I Loved A Butterfly (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 03Black Night (Brian May on guitar, Bruce Dickinson on vocals, Ian Paice on drums, John Paul Jones on bass, Wix Wikins on keyboards)
- 04Since You've Been Gone (Brian May on guitar and vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals, Ian Paice on drums, John Paul Jones on bass, Wix Wickins on keyboards)
- 05School's Out (Brian May on guitar, Alice Cooper on vocals, Micky Moody on guitar, Ian Paice on drums, Wix Wikins on keyboards)
- 06Smoke On The Water (All Star Finale with Alice Cooper, Brian May, John Paul Jones, Ian Paice, Bruce Dickinson, Micky Moody, Mark King, Wix Wickins, Alfin Boe, Kerry Ellis, Uli Jon Roth...)
06.10.2012 Hippodrome Casino, London, UK (with Kerry Ellis)
Kerry was performing at the newly refurbished Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square. Each evening Kerry was joined by a special guest, and on Saturday night it was Brian's turn to join Kerry on the stage of The Hippodrome's Matcham Room. Brian recently commented that he has been rediscovering his love for the acoustic guitar.
- 01Born Free (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02I (Who Have Nothing) (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 03Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on acoustic guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
24.11.2012 The Dorchester hotel, London, UK (Make-A-Wish Foundation Winter Ball)
- 01Born Free (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02I (Who Have Nothing) (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 03Life Is Real (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 04The Kissing Me Song (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 05Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
01.03.2013 St Pancras Railway Station, London, UK (Save The Tiger Fund)
- 01Born Free (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02Dust In The Wind (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 03The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (Brian on guitar and lead vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 04The Kissing Me Song (Brian on guitar and backing vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 05Knocking On Heaven's Door (Brian on guitar and backing vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 06Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on guitar and backing vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
19.04.2013 Sister Ray, London, UK (Record Store Day)
- 01The Kissing Me Song (Brian on guitar and backing vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 02Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian on guitar and backing vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
12.05.2013 Palladium, London, UK (with Kerry Ellis)
- 01I (Who Have Nothing)
- 02The Way We Were
- 03Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- 04No-One But You (with the choir)
- 05The Kissing Me Song (with the choir)
03.10.2013 Royal Festival Hall, London, UK (Don Black Tribute)
- 01Born Free (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on guitar) - special orchestral arrangement
01.04.2014 Royal Albert Hall, London, UK (City Rocks)
City Rocks was a charity event held in support of Coram, the world's oldest children's charity which was celebrating its 275th birthday. Brian played with Kerry Ellis and they were joined by The Feeling for the rock part of Tie Your Mother Down
- 01I (Who Have Nothing) (with Kerry Ellis)
- 02Dust In The Wind (with Kerry Ellis)
- 03Born Free (with Kerry Ellis)
- 04Tie Your Mother Down (with Kerry Ellis and Dan Gillespie of The Feeling)
05.05.2014 Guildford Cathedral, Guildford, UK (Wildlife Rocks)
Brian said a few words about Wildlife Rocks and then joined The Troggs and performed Wild Thing with them. Then came Kerry for Tie Your Mother Down. This was outside the cathedral - and later that afternoon (2:21 PM) Brian and Kerry played a short acoustic set in the cathedral.
- 01Guitar intro
- 02Wild Thing (with The Troggs)
- 03Tie Your Mother Down (with The Troggs, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 04Born Free (Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 05I Loved A Butterfly (Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 06Dust In The Wind (Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 07Nothing Really Has Changed (Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 08Somebody To Love (Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 09Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Kerry Ellis on vocals)
01.06.2015 Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy (Arena di Verona - Lo Spettacolo Sta Per Iniziare)
The show was opened by Brian May, Kerry Ellis and Vittorio Grigolo with a performance of 'Who Wants To Live Forever' featuring the arena choir and an orchestra. After an hour Brian May returned to the stage introduced by a video from 'Live Aid': with Kerry Ellis and the orchestra he performed 'No One But You' (he sang the second verse without his guitar and finished the song on his Red Special). After that (and with his acoustic 12-string guitar) Brian introduced 'Somebody To Love' and Kerry Ellis sang the entire song. They finished their performance playing 'We Will Rock You' (with the orchestra) and a beautiful version of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (Vittorio Grigolo on lead vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals featuring the orchestra and a gospel ensemble). The performance was broadcasted on television two days later (on June 3). (Apart from some minor cuts at the end there was no other editing or overdubbing).
- 01Who Wants To Live Forever (Brian on guitar, Kerry Ellis and Vittorio Grigolo on vocals, with choir and orchestra)
- 02No-One But You (Brian on guitar and vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 03Somebody To Love (Brian on guitar and vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals)
- 04We Will Rock You (Brian on guitar and vocals, with choir)
- 05Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian on guitar, Vittorio Grigolo on vocals, Kerry Ellis on vocals, with choir).
05.09.2015 The Pheasantry, London, UK (with Kerry Ellis)
Brian May was the surprise guest at a sold out Kerry Ellis concert in The Pheasantry club in Chelsea, London, UK. Crazy Little Thing Called Love was dedicated to Freddie because it was his birthday.
- 01I (Who Have Nothing) (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on acoustic guitar)
- 02Born Free (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on acoustic guitar)
- 03Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on acoustic guitar)
20.01.2016 Leicester Square Theatre, London, UK (Evening with Russ Ballard)
This performance was part of An Evening With Russ Ballard. The show featured Russ Ballard who was telling stories and answering questions from the audience - whilst Brian and Kerry acoustically performed some of his music. Rick Wakeman played the keyboards!
- 01Since You've Been Gone
- 02God Gave Rock and Roll to You
- 03We Will Rock You
- 04Hold Your Head Up
05.05.2018 Capitol Theatre, Horsham, UK (Kerry Ellis - 20th anniversary tour)
Brian was a surprise guest and sang No-One But You in a duet with Kerry (without his guitar).
- 01No-One But You (Kerry Ellis on vocals, Brian on vocals)
02.12.2018 St Paul's, Covent Garden, London, UK (A West End Christmas with Kerry Ellis)
- 01In The Bleak Midwinter
- 02We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- 03White Christmas